662 Account of the Cabool and Peshaivar Territories, 8fC. [No. 165. 



No revenue is received from these people ; on the contrary, they were 

 always paid by the rulers of Cabool for keeping the above roads open, 

 which they shut immediately their pay was stopt or kept in arrears. 

 Their charge for protection is, 



On every horseman, or horse load, .. .. .. 2/3 rupees. 



On every camel load, or pair of kajawahs, . . .. 3/3 ditto. 



On every foot passenger, . . . . . . . . 2/3 ditto. 



Their chief is Sa'adat khan, who has command of three of the roads, 

 Tahtarah, Abkhanah, and Karapah, as well as the river route by raft 

 from Jelalabad to Peshawar. He lives at Sulpoor on the other side 

 (from Dacca) of the river. He is in the employ of the rulers on a 

 salary of 12,000 rupees, and the Momands on the above roads, esti- 

 mated at 45,000, acknowledge him as chief. 



On every traveller by raft, one rupee is levied. The roads on this 

 (the south) side of the river, which flows from west (Cabool) to east 

 (Peshawar), are hilly, having many ascents and descents. 



The road to Peshawar called Karapah, on the other side of the river, 

 is also hilly and difficult, but not so much so as the others, it being 

 possible, with management, to get guns over it. They have now stop- 

 ped it up. 



The other two roads, Abkhanah and Tahtarah, are safe. 



The Khyber road is that for artillery and armies, but the Khyberies 

 are great robbers, and often render a passage by it unavailable. Their 

 word is not to be depended on. They are said to amount to 35,000 

 matchlock men. There are few habitations on the road, and even off 

 the road they (the Afreedees) live a good deal in caves. 



Their chief is Khan Bahadur, by clan a Malik Deen-khel. He and 

 Saleem khan Jopa command 8,000. Abdul Kadar khan, Maddat 

 khan and Ailadad khan, Zakha-khels, command 10,000. 



The Kukee-khels are 12,000. The Kumbar-khels 10,000. Alam 

 khan Orakzai commands 10,000. The Shanwarees are 6,000. All 

 these have their share in the Khyber. 



Other portions of these tribes reside at Barah and Teerah, but they 

 all have a share of the pay allowed by the rulers, and of the collec- 

 tions on the road at the tolls, and for Bodrakahs or guards, and all take 

 their turn of service in the Pass. 



